Three teenage rugby players will make the step out of the classroom and into professional rugby in 2019, with the Black Ferns Sevens squad announcement featuring the fresh faces of Jazmin Hotham, Mahina Paul and Montessa Tairakena.
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The Team

The New Zealand Women's Sevens have dominated the Women's Sevens Series, claiming all three series crowns since its inception in 2012. In the 2014/15 series, the team secured convincing wins in Dubai, Brazil, USA and Canada, before falling to a third place finish in London and a fifth in the series closer in Amsterdam. They finished the series 12 points clear of nearest rival Canada, and with it, automatic qualification to the Olympic Games in Rio De Janiero in 2016 when sevens debuts on the world’s greatest sporting stage. The team are the current sevens World Champions after beating Canada in the Rugby World Cup final in Moscow in 2013.